Basically what the title says: Is there any fiction book you’ve ever read that has emotionally or intellectually connected with you so much it changed the way you viewed the world, changed the way you viewed yourself or changed the way you viewed life (your own or in general)?
If so…
- What book was it?
- Why did it connect so well with you?
- How did it make you feel?
- And how did it change you?
Just to emphasize, I’m solely asking about works of fiction here. So nothing like reading just an academic book on philosophy or a self-help book or something.
There was a book called Nobody’s Boy. Sans Famille in French. It was a book about a boy who lived happily with his mother. Then one day a man showed up and his mom said it was his dad. The man didn’t like him and sold him. Turned out he wasn’t their biological son.
Why did it connect so well with me?
I was a boy living happily with my mom. Then a man showed up. My dad. He didn’t like me. He abused me and wanted to get rid of me. For years I didn’t dare to go anywhere alone with him because I feared he would sell me. There were nights I cried myself to sleep for fear that I wouldn’t see my mother again.